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9 0 9 6 2 4 3 3 0 1 6 7 1 3 CRIMINAL LAW VOLUME I Alan Brudner FACULTY OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO These materials are reproduced solely for the use of students in the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto 1998-1999 itoragi BORA LASKIN LAW LIBRARY . UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO CRIMINAL LAW VOLUME I Alan Brudner FACULTY OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO These materials are reproduced solely for the use of students in the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto 1998-1999 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from University of Toronto https://archive.org/details/criminallaw01brud_23 TABLE OF CONTENTS (Volume I) Chapter One: The Aims of Punishment Bentham, Principles of Morals and Legislation.1 C.S. Lewis, “The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment”.5 Hegel, Philosophy of Right.9 Chapter Two: The Principle of Legality Shaw v. Director of Public Prosecutions. 15 R. v. Nova Scotia Pharmaceutical Society.22 Chapter Three: The Presumption of Innocence Woolmington v. D.P.P..30 R. v. Oakes.35 R. v. Whyte.42 Downey v. The Oueen.50 Chapter Four: Actus Reus R. v. Corner.60 A) Voluntariness Rex v. Larsonneur.64 Hill v. Baxter.65 B) Omissions A Penal Code Prepared by the Indian Law Commissioners.67 People v. Beardsley.69 The Queen v. lnstan.73 Fagan v. Commissioner of Metropolitan Police.75 Commonwealth v. Cali.78 R. v. Miller.79 LRCC, Working Paper #46, Omissions.80 C) Causation R. v. Winning.84 Commonwealth v. Moyer.84 The Queen v. Jordan.87 R. v. Smith.89 People v. Lewis.92 Pagett v. The Oueen.93 Morris and Howard, Studies in Criminal Law.95 The American Law Institute's Model Penal Code.95 R. v. Cheshire.96 R. v. Smithers.100 R. v. Blaue.102 R. v. Cribbin.105 Chapter Five: Inchoate Crimes I. Attempts A) Intent Lajoie v. The Queen. 113 R. v. Ancio. 117 B) Actus Reus The King v. Robinson.123 The King v. Barker. 127 R. v. Cline.131 R. v. Sorrell and Bonded.135 Deutsch v. The Queen.140 LRCC Draft Criminal Code.144 C) The Relevance of Impossibility R. v. Scott.147 R. v. Smith (Roger).148 Detering v. The Queen.154 R. v. Shivpuri.155 II. Counselling R. v. McLeod et al. 161 R. v. Gordon and Gordon.162 LRCC Draft Criminal Code.163 Chapter Six: Mens Rea R. v. City ofSault Ste. Marie.165 ^ Barbara Wooton, Crime and the Criminal Law.165 H.L.A. Hart, Punishment and Responsibility.169 A) Intention and Motive Lewis v. The Queen.173 ^ R. v. Steane. 178 Dunbar v. The King.181 Paquette v. The Queen.182 R. v. Hibbert.185 B) Recklessness R. v. Caldwell.200 R. v. Tutton and Tutton.203 R. v. Hundal.219 Brenda M. Baker, "Mens Rea & Negligence”.226 American Law Institute's Model Penal Code.230 Chapter Seven: Departures from Mens Rea A) Constructive Murder Bums and Reid, “From Felony Murder to Accomplice Felony Attempted Murder". 2321 ^ • R. v. Vaillancourt.234 The Law Reform Commission of Canada Working Paper 33, Homicide. 245 \ LRCC Draft Criminal Code.248 R. v. Mar tine au.250 B) Foreseeability of Harm R. v. DeSousa. 263 * r R. v. Creighton.271 C) Strict and Absolute Liability Morris and Howard, “Strict Responsibility”.295 ^ Rex v. Ping Yuen.298 Beaver v. The Queen.301 i, The Queen v. Pierce Fisheries Ltd..309 R. v. City of Sault Ste. Marie.317 R. v. Chapin.323 Reference Re: Section 94(2) of the Motor Vehicle Act.325 1 Wholesale Travel Group Inc. v. The Queen.331 Chapter Eight: Parties to Offences R. v. Kulbacki. 359 -H R. v. Salajko.360 Jrl Dunlop and Sylvester v. The Queen.361 R. v. Bainbridge.367 R. v. Logan et al..369 1 LRCC Draft Criminal Code.376 Chapter Nine: Vicarious and Corporate Liability A) Vicarious Liability Allen v. Whitehead.378 ^ 2- R. v. Hcrwinda Taverns Ltd..379 B) Corporate Liability R. v. Fane Robinson Ltd.. 382 r - R. v. Andrews Weatherfoil Ltd..386 R. v. Waterloo Mercury Sales Ltd.. 388 [ Canadian Dredge and Dock Co. Ltd. et al. v. The Queen.389 LRCC Draft Criminal Code. 393 L '■>